許多工廠的營運費用以燃料支出約佔三分之一，是為最大宗成本，始知得到最高的燃燒效率，進而提升廠效率為最重要的事。針對國內高漲油價趨勢，能達到節能減碳的高效能運作，並建立與環境友善方式，是國內外所嚮往的。本文研究重點為：加入添加劑於油中使鍋爐達到高效率燃燒，並減少空氣汙染粒子排放。
工作項目為：添加催化劑至燃油中均質化，鍋爐實廠測試，調整貫流式鍋爐之最佳空燃比，使燃油與空氣中的氧結合，達到完全燃燒，並減少燃燒不完全時產生的空氣微粒排放。
第一階段為原油燃燒基本試驗。第二階段在原油中加入添加水。第三階段為原油中添加催化劑，找出最佳燃燒效率之添加比例。第一部分的研究結果顯示，鍋爐使用原油燃燒後的油水比，以及煙道氣口的溫度與氣體監測，作為需提升效能的基準值。第二部份的研究則為添加在原油中的水量，促使重油乳化、霧化效果提高達到燃燒更完全。第三部分，針對第二部份添加的水量內添入催化劑，使油品效能提升。
研究結果顯示有添加催化劑的重油，在油水比的部分較無添加的高。而添加過的油品二氧化碳值皆在正常範圍之內，而一氧化碳含量與含氧量有稍微偏高的趨勢，總體實測數值比較之下，顯示R100-1.2%、R100-0.8%、R100-0.4%，效能較高，二氧化碳約在10%之間，排煙溫度維持在250℃，較符合鍋爐操作規範之內。 Fuel expenditure accounts for about one-third of operating costs of many plants. With the continuous rise of oil prices locally and emerging issues regarding the environment, the need to achieve energy efficient operation and reduced carbon emissions is of great importance.
This study focused on addressing these problems by improving the fuel combustion efficiency used in boilers. The proportion of catalyst to the heavy oil was investigated to find the best conditions.
The amount of water needed in the heavy oil adjustment was also studied. It was found out that the addition of catalyst to heavy oil helps improve the fuel combustion efficiency.
These resulted to higher heat generation value. The CO2 values were within normal range while the CO and O2 values increased slightly. Results also showed that the best conditions were at heavy oil to catalyst ratio of R100-1.2%, R100-0.8%, R100-0.4%. Thus, fuel combustion efficiencies can be greatly improved with the first catalyst.
